Collapsible ice-cream box.



B. &. C. SMYLE. COLLAPSIBLE ICE CREAM BOX. APPLICATIQN FILED Aue.24. 1914 1 141,66 1 Patented June 1, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. FHOTO-LIT'HQ, WASHING TUN. D. C.

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5 sides and CHARLES SMYLE,

BER HARD sMYLE AND CHARLES SMYLE, on BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GOLL APSIBLE ICE-CREAM BOX.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that1We,"BERNHARDT SMYLn of Brooklyn, county of Queens, and State of New York, have in vented a certain new and useful Improvement in Collapsible Ice-Cream Boxes, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to collapsible paper boxes in general, but it has special reference to collapsible boxes used for holding n ice cream.

7 The object of our invention is to provide a box of this character in which the box may be readily folded up by the retailer ofice cream, and again unfolded by the purchaser of the ice cream so as to hold the block of ice cream contained therein in fiat position after unfolding so as to enable the same to bereadily cut into cakes of the proper size to be served to individuals.

A further object of our invention is to provide a box of the above character in which there are no pasted parts.

A further object is to provide such a box which may be readily cut out of a fiat sheet of pasteboard or paper, and which may be readily shipped fiat, and which does not require any more paper than previous'forms of ice cream boxes.

A further object is to provide such a box in which, when the box is folded up, the box holds its required formboth when the lid is open and when the lid is closed, and, furthermore, to construct the box in such a manner that the same slots for receiving a tongue to hold the box in the required form while the lid is open, also serve to hold the tongue of the lid when the lid is closed.

ile our invention is capable of embodiment in many different forms, for the purpose of illustration we have only shown one form thereof in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of one of the box blanks ready to be folded up; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a box folded up but with the lid open and, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box showing the same folded up and with the lid closed.

In the drawings we have shown a box blank having a back A and a front B, said back and front being connected together by a bottom J. Adjacent to the back A are two C to which are attached two front flaps D, each of which has a slot E. Each Specification of Letters Patent.

2 Application filed August 24, 1914. Serial N 0. 858,286. 7

up in such Patented June 1, 1915.

of the sides O has a lateral top flap H, and between each of the sides C and the bottom J there is a corner fold K. The back Ahas attached to it a rear top flap I provided with a tongue G. The front B has, furthermore,

a tongue F.

' As shown in Fig.2, the parts are folded a manner that the corner folds K overlie the bottom J and the front folds D overlie the front B. When the parts have been moved into this position and the slots E brought into registry, the tongue F attached to the front B is moved into said slots E, whereupon the box is permanently held in its required shape, but with the top flaps H and I open. As shown in Fig. 3, when it is desired to close the lid or top I of the box, the tongue G is inserted in the slots E over the tongue- F. When the ice cream which has been placed in the box is to be eaten, the tongue G alone may be removed from the slot E so as to permit the top flaps H and I to be raised from above the top of the box. The box would be operated this way when it would be desired to remove the ice cream as, for example, with a spoon, from the top of the box. When, however, the block of ice cream inclosed in the box is to be removed as a whole or cut up into cakes for individual use, both of the tongues F and G are removed simultaneously from the slots E, whereupon the block of ice cream will be found to lie flat upon the back A, so that it may be readily removed as a whole or cut up into cakes as desired. It is, of course, to be understood that the boxes may be made in any sizes desired.

While we have described our invention above in detail, we wish it to be understood that many changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of our invention.

We claim:

1. A collapsible box having a bottom, sides, a front and a back all connected together, and, having a single tongue and slot 3. A collapsible box having "a bottom, sides, a front and a back all connected to- 5 getherand having a single tongue and slot connection adapted to hold all of said parts in the shape of a'box, comprising a plurality of overlapping front a tongue passing through said slots.

l. A collapsible box halving 1a" bottom, sides, a front and :a back all connected *ltogether and :having a :single tongue andslot connection adapted to 'ihold all of said ipants in theeshape of a box, comprising -'a :plurality of overlapping front flaps having'sl'ots and a tongue LPaSSlIhg ithrongh said slots, said tongue being located on the front. :5. :A ;collapsible box having -'a bottom, sides, zaxfront, aback all connected together and having :a single tongue and slot connection adapted to holdzal-l ofsaid partsvin the shape- 0f a box, comprising rfrontflapshaming slots: and a :tonguegpassing :thnoughsaid slots, and .a top having EZL tongue also ifitting in said slots.

'6. A collapsible box having :a bottom,

7 ,sides,'a,1ir0nt, a:baok all connected together,

and lha-vingrza single tongue and :slot connection adapted to hold a1l=ofsaidparts :in

30 the shape 40f a box While the'box is openat flaps having slots and.

the top,- compri sing front flaps having slots. and a tongue passing through said slots, and V atop-"having 'a*tongue'*also*fittigngin said slo-ts. '7. A collapsible box having 'a bottom,

together, the sides having front flaps With 1 slots and: he toiphaving a tongue fitting in 35. sides, a front, aback and a top all connected V front and i a :back directly connected thereto,

a 'topizand'a tongue directly connected to the -V front, :a tongue directly connectedito thetop, 3

sides, directly connected to the back, "and" front 'lfiaps idirect-lyiconnected to the sides having slots to receive sa'iditon'gues.

9. A collapsible -bon' having :a bottom, a

front,.:and :aiback directly connected thereto, "a itop f and 1a tongue. directly connected-Ito the ffI'OIltfELtOD 1e diI'GGtlY-ICOIIDGCtGdiO 13116 top,

sides directly connected to the baclqfront enennnem:

Witnesses: 1

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1 filo pig! of1:1 1:diatom:.mayihi: obtained for :five centseach, b; addressin ithe ficoniniisstcner c1 watcnty v I a Washington, 13.0." 1 7 j flaps directly connectedto the sides having islets'to receive said tongues and corner folds i V hea-ted between the-rsides and (the bottom: 

